330 THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE VETERINARY SCHOOLS. 



As we turn to go toward the horse hospital we pass that for 

 dogs, with accommodations for about fifty, and fitted up with a 

 small laboratory for chemical and microscopical examinations. The 

 attendant resides in the building. The dog practice is very large 

 at Berlin ; one good feature is, that if a dog bites any one in the 

 city, he can report it to the police, and the owner must bring the 

 dog here to be watched for the requisite number of days with refer- 

 ence to rabies. 



The horse hospital has room for about one hundred and thirty 

 patients, many of the stalls being boxes; the stables surround a 

 court, in which the free clinic is held. A new and handsome stable 

 was added during Gerlach's direction. In this stable is the labora- 

 tory for clinical examination. The stables are fine and clean, but 

 they need the genius of an English or American head groom to 

 make them what they really should be. The fees for patients taken 

 into the hospital are in general fifty cents per day, which includes 

 every expense ; operations are all performed free of charge. There 

 is a special department for animals affected with contagious diseases, 

 or in which the same are suspected ; another for forensic cases, for 

 which a fee is asked in addition, as well as for the exact examination 

 of horses. In both cases a warrant is given, and the questionable 

 animal must remain at least three days, during which time it is 

 tested in every possible manner. Casual examinations cost nothing, 

 but no warrant is given. There are also special stalls for animals 

 with cerebral troubles, so that they can not injure themselves, so 

 far as it is possible to prevent it. There are two large halls for 

 operations. There is also a cow-stable, holding some forty head, 

 besides sheep, goats, swine, rabbits, etc., which are to be used for 

 experimental purposes. The servants of the school live in build- 

 ings on one side of the court. At one entrance of this inclosure is 

 the pharmacy, treasury, and some teachers' and assistants' residences. 

 The patients in the open clinic receive advice free, but pay for 

 medicines prescribed at the regular price of the drugs, without the 

 cost of preparation at the pharmacy. The students prepare all 

 medicines, under the guidance of the assistant to the teacher of 

 chemistry. The patients in the hospitals are divided equally among 

 the senior students, each of whom directs and looks out for them as 

 if in actual practice, being guided and questioned by the teachers. 

 Each day the students hear a special lecture upon some selected 

 patient, illustrating some special phase in the progress of certain 

 diseases. From the large amount of material at command, the 

 teacher is enabled to follow a certain course in these clinical talks. 



